got my radio licence

My gutful of pre-exam jitters had me wondering whether I'd actually pass this exam. Even logging on to Zoom and a second bloody app was giving me the heebie jeebies. I am a minimalist & am inherently avoidant to new technologies due to my serious misgivings about corporations' insistence on mining our minds and pockets. 
By close of business today, I got a new take on the tech thing. Namely that knowing as much as possible about new tech can save me bucks and keep me safer. 
Anyway,  thankfully the Invigilator flicked me a link and I got to sit the written part of the test. Barely ten minutes later I had not only passed is: "Satisfactory", I had achieved 98%. And the two questions  I got wrong were easily corrected. I was a bitblown away there. 
Next, Neil Driscoll of ABB asked me what devices my boat had with regard to applying for an MMSI - that's a unique code for the boat and those devices that transmit Distress messages. As a result, I am now considering a VHF with DSC and AIS as a compact,  potentially cheaper and more reliable alternative to having three separate devices plus am antenna splitter. Cool. 

So anyway, I passed. For an older dude, it feels pretty good. 

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